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Don’t Be Spooked: Climate Realism Is Here To Stay

October 31, 2025

Need to know

 

Common sense

AFFORDABLE ENERGY IS CRITICAL: There are three components to the recently introduced ARC Energy Security legislation, HR 5765. Rep. Troy Balderson’s (R-OH) bill codifies Affordable, Reliable, and Clean Energy.

Why it matters: The first one, affordability, is paramount to America’s future because energy = life. Without affordable energy, families will struggle, people will die, and the economy will suffer immense damage.

This bill guarantees that our most affordable and reliable energy sources, including nuclear and natural gas, remain part of the energy mix — a crucial requirement to guarantee affordable, reliable, and clean energy for all Americans, including the low- to middle-income earners, small business owners, farmers, and retirees on fixed incomes.

Affordability matters to the majority of consumers, even more so with winter right around the corner. Many families are unable to meet their monthly bills, and more than half can’t afford a $1,000 emergency expense. That’s why abundant natural gas remains the most affordable and reliable option for everyday life.

Consider: 

  • Households that use natural gas for heating, cooking, and clothes drying save an average of $1,132 per year compared to homes using electricity.
  • Consumers prefer natural gas over electric heat pumps by a ratio of 5 to 1 in moderate to cold climates, according to the American Gas Association.

  • More than one new residential customer signs up for natural gas service every minute, and 60 businesses begin new natural gas service every day.

Natural gas remains the most affordable heating option for U.S. consumers. The AGA estimates that winter heating bills will be around eight percent lower than three years ago, with the average household spending around $867 per year on natural gas, just 1.1 percent of annual expenses.

By comparison, households spend about $2,400 for gasoline and $1,700 for electricity annually.

Bottom line:  Natural gas powers over a third of America’s energy — fueling our everyday lives, keeping our energy bills affordable, and protecting the environment. ARC Energy Security Act, once enacted, will preserve this advantage for the future.

 

Nonsense

CHANGING THEIR TACTICS: Democrats are not talking about climate change as much in recent months, because this message simply wasn’t resonating with average Americans.

Even Bill Gates, a long-standing climate alarmist, has taken a different stance. This video sums it up well.

So they’ve pivoted to talking about affordable energy. But most still propose the wrong solutions, evident in the New Jersey and Virginia governor’s races.

Why it matters: Clearly, many Democrats have backed off the climate alarmism train, to a certain extent, and are now talking about energy affordability, which is what really matters to most Americans.

The sticking point, however, is that they are still proposing tired, failed solutions that will make the problems worse — like building out more unreliable wind and solar and doubling down on plans to eliminate oil and gas from their state’s energy mix.

They still don’t get it, even after the across-the-board beating they took in the 2024 general election.

Consider:

  • NJ Rep. Mikie Sherrill, though she does mention natural gas casually on her website, also strongly supports more renewable energy in a state already facing high energy prices.
  • Former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger is campaigning for Virginia’s governor’s race on an energy platform that supports robust renewable development and continued use, as needed, of natural gas. But she is not in favor of building long-term natural gas infrastructure, despite the data center boom being in full swing.
  • Obviously short-sighted, Spanberger is blaming President Trump for rising electricity bills, using a tactic straight from the Democratic playbook.

  • Her website shows her allegiance to subsidies for renewable energy, and notes “climate change is a threat to Virginia’s economy, environment, and security.”

Trump has openly campaigned, as you would expect, against both Sherrill and Spanberger, warning of higher energy bills if they’re elected. Both are ahead with only a few days until the Nov. 4 elections.

Sherrill leads Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli by 5 percentage points in the latest Rutgers-Eagleton poll of likely voters. Spanberger is ahead of Republican Winsome Earle-Sears by 7 points.

Two-thirds of NJ voters — including 73% of Independents — say building more natural gas power plants is a “good idea” to help reduce energy bills.

Voters need to wake up to a harsh reality in both states. Virginia and New Jersey need growth and affordable energy, not failed policies that rely on unreliable renewable energy.

Bottom line: Democrats are backing off the climate alarmism, but their messaging still is missing the mark. Americans want reliable energy: natural gas, nuclear, and other sustainable sources — not more of the failed net-zero approach.

 

A look ahead

Nothing on the calendar for next week, enjoy your Halloween weekend!

 

Quote of the week

“There is a doomsday view of climate change that goes like this: In a few decades, cataclysmic climate change will decimate civilization. The evidence is all around us — just look at the heat waves and storms caused by rising global temperatures. Nothing matters more than limiting the rise in temperature. Fortunately for all of us, this view is wrong.”

— Bill Gates, in a public memo.